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Migrants trapped in sweltering trailer ‘couldn’t breathe,’ survivor says

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Trump ramps up expulsions of migrant youth, citing virus

U.S. border agencies quickly expelled 600 child migrants in April after federal agencies began prohibiting asylum claims at the southern border, citing the coronavirus pandemic.

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Amid virus fears, deported Guatemalans treated as pariahs back home

Since the pandemic hit, migrants returning to Guatemala from the United States have been mistreated, run off or threatened by neighbors who fear they will bring the virus back with them.

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Mexico begins flying and busing migrants back to Honduras

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent back to their homeland or retreated across the border Tuesday after Mexican troops blocked their…

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Migrants cross river into Mexico after being refused passage to U.S.

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Nation Nov 21

First Honduran returned to Guatemala under U.S. asylum accord

The United States has begun carrying out a landmark policy shift on asylum that’s a top priority of President Donald Trump, returning a Honduran immigrant to Guatemala to pursue his asylum case.

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